Personal Day

I need to take a night off to catch my breath and recharge. I plan to post again tomorrow, but it will depend on how I feel in the morning.

~Kira

Trans women in sports and the myth of “male puberty”

Trans women in sports and the myth of “male puberty”:

So there’s a diary up about the two transphobic garbage bills currently being pushed in Montana.

In the comments section of that diary several (cisgender) Kossacks are showing that they’ve been suckered by an old and pernicious lie told by TERFs and transphobes regarding trans women in sports.

The Heroines of My Life: Interview with JaiLynn Joanna Desvignes

The Heroines of My Life: Interview with JaiLynn Joanna Desvignes:

Monika: Today I am meeting JaiLynn Joanna Desvignes, an American transgender activist, model, and YouTube vlogger and influencer. Her vlog ‘To Whom It May Concern’ chronicles her own transition and provides recommendations to the transgender community all over the world. Hello JaiLynn!

Similarity in transgender and cisgender children’s gender development | PNAS

Questions of nature and nurture have dominated efforts to understand human gender development. Today’s transgender children provide a unique window into gender development: They have been treated as 2 different genders (1 gender before transition and 1 gender after their social transition) and are the first sizable group of children living as a gender that differs from their assigned sex. As such, their experiences enable insight into gender development that is otherwise not possible. The current study provides the largest report to date of the experiences of these early-transitioning children’s gender development.

Advocates brace for anti-LGBTQ backlash at state level after Biden victory

Advocates brace for anti-LGBTQ backlash at state level after Biden victory:

More than 20 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced in over a dozen states, according to the advocacy group Freedom for All Americans.

Republican majority in House passes bills restricting abortion, transgender rights | Montana Free Press

Republican majority in House passes bills restricting abortion, transgender rights | Montana Free Press:

The abortion bills passed along party lines, 67-33. A handful of Republicans sided with Democrats in opposition to the proposals concerning transgender people.

The Heroines of My Life: Interview with Lucky Bradley

The Heroines of My Life: Interview with Lucky Bradley:

Monika: Today I am hosting Lucky Bradley, an American who has been an auditor at multiple governmental agencies, including the US Department of Defense. She is also a happy wife, and transgender woman that documents her transition on her blog ‘A Girl U Should Know’ and continues to be active other social media. Before her transition, she had previously blogged on Accidentally Gay. She is also the co-author of Accidentally Gay: The True Love Story When a Wife Becomes a Husband. A book that detailed her experiences as a husband whose wife transitioned into her husband.

How Rio’s Trans Community Defeated Right Wing Leaders and Saved a Shelter

How Rio’s Trans Community Defeated Right Wing Leaders and Saved a Shelter:

Violence against the LGBTQ community in Brazil has risen during the pandemic, but the residents of Casa Nem have now found a new, permanent home.

Gender gingerbread people and peacocks — Breaking down gender essentialism | by R E J Saunders | Jan, 2021 | Medium

Gender gingerbread people and peacocks — Breaking down gender essentialism | by R E J Saunders | Jan, 2021 | Medium:

Being assigned a gender at birth is a marketing exercise, a means through which the leavers of control and power are played out. It is not a lifelong sentence to behave or act in a rigid code, but it is often portrayed as such.